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Instant Bank Account Crediting via a Bill-Validating Depositing System

US 10,169,961 In force
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Term ends Jun 28, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Aug 17, 2017 as application 15/680,084 · Granted Jan 1, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jun 28, 2016
Term ends
Jun 28, 2036
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
base term fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,761,090, to Jun 28, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 28, 2016, when application 15/195,219, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2017)Jun 28, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,761,090)resolves to Jun 28, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 28, 2036High confidence

This family

US 9,761,090In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 10,169,961this patent
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 10,621,832Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2024
Apr 2024
US 11,217,068In force (reinstated)
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
Application 17/566,555Abandoned
not computed
not computed
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 17, 2017
Reel 43325, frame 648
Bosch, Samuel H.; Roos, Frank ArthurPeregrin Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2024
Reel 68462, frame 513
Peregrin Financial TechnologiesBerkeley Law & Technology Group, LLPLien
Dec 10, 2025
Reel 73906, frame 644
Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLPPeregrin Technologies Inc.Release of Lien
Feb 11, 2026
Reel 73754, frame 803
Peregrin Technologies, Inc.Avivatech LLC.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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